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Get Clean or I'll Take Your Leg

Xolani Luvunu had lost a leg to cancer and Hein Venter wanted to buy him a prosthetic one. There was one condition. Xolani had to give up drugs and alcohol.

Xolani Luvunu was living under a bridge in Pretoria, South Africa when a businessman called Hein Venter approached him with an opportunity. Xolani had lost a leg to cancer and Hein wanted to buy him a prosthetic one. There was one condition. Xolani had to give up drugs and alcohol.

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In 2007 Dave Jonsson survived a plane crashed that killed his best friend. Now he says this event has changed his life for the better.

Image: Hein Venter (l) and Xolani Luvunu (r)
Credit: Mpho Lakaje

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Thu 1 Jun 201705:06GMT

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